Movin' Right Along

The seam ripper and I have been good friends as of late.  As I mentioned before, Jenny Wren's Strawberry quilt had to have her backing removed and replaced.  A polyester problem.  Not for me.  For her.   Being the spectacular loving  mom that I am, I promptly ripped out the old quilting and replaced the back with cotton.  'Cause I'm a good mom like that.  Once that was done, things started moving right along.

Here's where we stood at the beginning of this week:

 

 

 

Quilting in progress.

Here's where we stand now:

 

Quilted and ready for binding.

She's all quilted, trimmed up and ready to be labeled and bound.  I think I will take Kelly's suggestion and use a pretty green binding on her.   I chose to totally hand quilt this one.  I am smitten with the trend of large stitch quilting using Perle cotton in colors to match and co-ordinate with the quilt.  I have to "fine tune" my stitching, but all in all I think it turned out ok.  And. . . . I pray she likes it.

I have Kellifer's Strawberry top pieced together. Hers is next on the quilting board.  Can't wait.

 (Pay no mind to the pizza in the corner.  Itty Bitty "made me lunch"!)

I have also been scouting for the balance of Rag 4's cast.  I've had some auditions, but no keepers. 

Much to do.

Sew until next time,
Lovely Daydreams from the Land of Cotton

Rag Time Gal

It's been For.  Ev.  Er.  since I've been here, on the this page that belongs to the Land of Cotton.

As the saying goes:  "I've been busier than a one-armed paper hanger in a wind storm."  But things are quieting down.  Not rapidly, but quieting non-the-less.  School will be starting in a couple weeks or so.  Ahhh.   Tee-hee.

I finished the tops to the Strawberry lap quilts.  All I have to do is quilt them.  And speaking of quilting them, the one I had for my oldest had a poly blend backing.  What was I thinking?  Apparently I had a "moment".  The more I pondered it the more I realized what a mistake that was.  I chatted with my young kindred and she agreed that her momma, the recipient of the quilt, would not be a happy camper.  Nope.  Not no way.  Not no how.  You see, my oldest has a tremendous dislike for ANYTHING polyester!  It makes her itch.  So she says.  Well, anywho, I un-quilted what I had started and purchased new COTTON backing just for her.  And I'm back at square one.  Nothing quilted.  Oh, woe is me.  Sniff.  Sniff.

I needed to step back from the Strawberry Fields so I figured now was as good a time as any to round up my next cast of characters for the Rag Times I have left to make.  I have Itty Bitty's cast lined up and ready to go.  Cutting, assigning of roles and final curtain are just but a cut away.   Just like the dramas before her, Itty Bitty's Rag had a jumping off point.  Her Mama purchased a darling orange, green and purple seersucker fabric for the background.  All I had to do was fit the costumes to the cast.  But, unlike her predecessors, I let Itty Bitty have a say in costume design.  Just a little bit. 

Reminds me of Popsicles!  I love the bright colors!

Next purchases will be towards two or three more rags.  Did I mention I had a plethora of rags to make?  I did?  Oh, well, I guess whinin' about it ain't gettin' it done, now is it?

Sew ~ until we meet again,
Lovely Daydreams From the Land of Cotton